The Encyclopedia of Game Machines: Consoles, Handhelds & Home Computers 1972-2005
Publisher: GamePlan Books
Published: September 1, 2006
Place of publication: Utting, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9783000153594
Subjects: Computer Games; Encyclopaedias & Reference Works; Video & Electronic - General; Microcomputers; Games; Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Games/Puzzles; Games / Video & Electronic; History
Other titles: Spielkonsolen und Heim-Computer
Table of contents: title: 4
label: Preface; title: 5
label: Guide to the hardware chapters; title: 6
label: Technology: Bits and bytes; title: 7
label: Technology: Storage media for games; title: 10
label: 1st era: Birth of electronic games. Mainframes, arcades and TV games; title: 14
label: 1972 Magnavox Odyssey; title: 16
label: 1978 Fairchild Channel F; title: 17
label: 1977 Tandy TRS-80; title: 19
label: 1977 Apple II; title: 23
label: 1977 Commodore Pet; title: 24
label: 1977 Atari VAS 2600; title: 28
label: 1978 Intarton VC 4000; title: 30
label: 1978 Phillips 07000; title: 33
label: 1979 NEC PC-8001; title: 34
label: 1979 Atari 800; title: 39
label: 1979 Sharp MZ; title: 40
label: 1979 Mattel Intelllvislon; title: 43
label: 1979 Milton Iiiradloy MicrovIsion; title: 44
label: 1981 Sinclair ZX81; title: 45
label: 1081 Texas Inatrumenta TI99/4a; title: 1981 Commodore VIO=20 40; title: 48
label: 2nd era: Crash of the videogame market and the rise of home computers; title: 50
label: 1982 CBS Colecovision; title: 53
label: 1982 Entex Adventurevision; title: 54
label: 1982 GCE Vectrex; title: 56
label: 1982 Emerson Arcadia 2001; title: 58
label: 1982 Sinclair Spectrum; title: 61
label: 1982 Acorn BBC B; title: 52
label: 1982 Commodore 064; title: 67
label: 1982 VT Creativlslon; title: 68
label: 1982 Atari 5200; title: 70
label: 1982 Sharp X1; title: 72
label: 1983 Oric-1; title: 74
label: 1983 MSX; title: 80
label: 1983 Sega SG-1000 (Master System); title: 84
label: 1983 Nintendo Famicom (NES); title: 89
label: 1984 Epoch Super Cassettevision; title: 90
label: 1984 Commodore 264 series; title: 92
label: 1984 Atari 7800; title: 94
label: 1984 Amstrad CPC; title: 3rd era: Constant evolution. The 16-bit generation; title: 98
label: 1984 IBM PC-AT; title: 100
label: 1984 Apple Macintosh; title: 104
label: 1985 Atari ST; title: 108
label: 1985 Commodore Amiga; title: 112
label: 1985 Enterprise; title: 113
label: 1987 Acorn Archimedes; title: 114
label: 1987 NEC PC-Engine; title: 120
label: 1987 Sharp X68000; title: 122
label: 1988 Sega Mega Drive (Genesis); title: 128
label: 1989 Nintendo Game Boy; title: 132
label: 1989 Atari Lynx; title: 134
label: 1989 Fujitsu FM Towns; title: 136
label: 1990 SNK Neo Geo; title: 139
label: 1990 Sega Game Gear; title: 140
label: 1990 Nintendo Super Famicom (Super NES); title: 144
label: 4th era: Rendered crazy. Multimedia, 32-bit and CD-ROM; title: 146
label: 1991 Philips CD-i; title: 149
label: 1991 Watara Supervision; title: 150
label: 1993 Atari Jaguar; title: 152
label: 1993 Panasonic 3D0; title: 154
label: 1994 Sega Saturn; title: 158
label: 1994 Sony PlayStation; title: 162
label: 1994 NEC PC-FX; title: 163
label: 1995 Nintendo Virtual Boy; title: 164
label: 1996 Nintendo 64; title: 163
label: 1996 Bandai Pippin Atmark; title: 169
label: 1997 Tiger Gama.Com; title: 170
label: 5th era: Caught In the net of gaming. DVD, networks and mobile systems; title: 172
label: 1993 Sega Dreamceet; title: 176
label: 1998 Neo Geo Pocket; title: 178
label: 1999 Bandai WonderSwan; title: 180
label: 2001 Sony PlayStation 2; title: 185
label: 201 Nuon; title: 186
label: 2001 Nintendo Game Boy Advance; title: 192
label: 2001 Microsoft Xbox; title: 195
label: 2001 Nintendo GameCube; title: 198
label: 2002 Gamepark GP32; title: 199
label: 2003 Nokia N-Gage; title: 200
label: 2004 Nintendo DS; title: 203
label: 2004 Sony PSP; title: 206
label: 6th era: Opulence and abundance. The High Definition age; title: 208
label: 2005 Microsoft Xbox 360; title: 211
label: 2006 Nintendo Wii; title: 214
label: 2006 Sony PlayStation 3; title: 217
label: 2007 Apple iPhone; title: 219
label: 2011 Nintendo 3DS; label: Appendix: Tables, technical data and indexes; title: 220
label: Other systems: Computers; title: 223
label: Other systems: Game consoles, handholds; title: 225
label: Other systems: Sony Vita, Nintendo Wii U; title: 226
label: 8-bit computers; title: 228
label: 8-bit and 16-bit consoles; title: 230
label: 16-bit and 32-bit computers; title: 232
label: 32-bit and CD consoles; title: 234
label: 64-bit and DVD consoles; title: 236
label: Handholds; title: 238
label: Multimedia handhelds; title: 239
label: Technology: AV interfaces; title: 240
label: Index A: Hardware; title: 244
label: Index B: Genies; title: 248
label: Bibliography, Imprint